1. Life made easy Internet ideas for the classroom
Brought to you by:
Csíky Anna & Tibor Prievara
Karinthy Frigyes Dual Language School

2. What do teachers of English believe about using computers and the Internet?
Frightening
Challenging
Difficult
Problems
Needs technical expertise

3. On the plus side Great… maybe later Useful Exciting
YET: not knowing too much about it
250 people, 10 applications: 2500 answers
100 correct answers
2400 incorrect answers

4. Paying attention to your students
how do your students learn?
what do they like doing in their free time?
is it possible to link the two?
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5. TXT MSGS – text message converter
try to decode the text messages
type them in proper English
great way to check spelling
pronunciation practice

6. Vozme – text-to-speech converter
enter any text in English and listen to it
male and female voice
you can save it as an mp3
Csak elmesélni, nem megnyitni

7. Oddcast – a more lifelike TTS
choose an avatar
watch the person’s face as they say what you typed
listen to a variety of accents
Ezt kipróbálni, ők mondják meg, mit írjak be, és ki mondja

8. A.L.I.C.E. the intelligent chatbot
a safe chat partner who talks as long as you want
it takes a long time to find out you’re talking to a robot
authentic everyday spoken English
How old are you? Do you like your job? What did you do yesterday?

9. Slow down week use it as a discussion starter about pace of life
NEM megnyitni előre, legyen hang
use it as a discussion starter about pace of life
ask students to reflect on their own daily routine
don’t forget about the educational benefits on students’ life

10. ToonDoo – Online comic creator
a great way to practice, recycle or even test words, grammar, or practically anything
motivating, engaging, and fun
a new way of expression for those who do not have the talent to draw

11. Online calorie calculator
a fun way of expanding or revising food vocabulary
generates lively discussions
raises students’ awareness about how healthy their diet is

12. Get out of the room simulates the computer games students love so much
stimulates a lot of language use
students can be asked to write up their solution, i.e. how they got out

13. Newsmap gives you the news that make the headlines
shows how important or popular a certain item is
allows you to search for certain types of news, e.g. entertainment

14. On cover page create a magazine cover with your own photo
also includes a customized news caption
wide selection of different magazines

15. Newspaper clipping generator
looks exactly like a real news article
allows you to choose the date
makes your students proud of what they have written

16. Protagonize – Collaborative story writing
writers encouraged to start a story and see how others develop it
a chance to add new „branches” to existing stories
a page you can always come back to

17. SortFix – a friendly search engine
helps you and students find what you / they really need
finds power words in results and lets you choose what’s relevant and what’s not
more efficient, takes less time, produces better results

18. Pagebull – the visual search engine
shows you actual screenshots of search results
helps you avoid harmful content
no sponsored results

19. Mahalo – human-powered search
gives you organized and spam-free search results
saves you time: enjoy instead of search
takes you to links other search engines won’t find

20. Delicious –social bookmarking
a collection of favourites: yours and everyone else’s
remembers what you’ve found once
shows you what you might never have found

21. iGoogle – my Google your personalized webpage – for free
the news, gadgets, links you always need
your own design

22. Quizlet – the end of flashcards
the second best way to learn words after a brain injection
interactive teaching and testing, great for self-study
keeps track of your answers and goes back to problems

23. NING – your own social network
keep in touch with your students outside class
upload homework, songs, grades, events etc.
be amazed by how actively they use forums and discussions

24. Bubbleply – Speech bubbles
add speech bubbles to any video
or insert images and add subtitles
then post it anywhere you wish – e.g. ning

25. NetAngol – hundreds of lesson (plan)s
4000 pages of EFL material
interactive, ready-to-use materials from A1 to C2 classes
multimedia, spoken English video archives, fun and games
Nettanár: free database of ideas

26. E-twinning – A day in the life of…
Argentina, Brazil, Kuwait, Romania, USA, Hungary
Shared websites
Engaging topics, real interaction
A day in the life of Budapest – a project

27. Net Smartz Kids – Internet safety
games and activities to teach students about Internet safety
engaging and fun, but also educational
helps your students be safe outside class

28. Teachers’ TV thousands of education videos on TV and online
the digital channel for everyone who works in schools
daily education news summary
regular specialist hour

29. The End Thank you for your attention!
Frightening? Needs technical expertise?
Useful? Exciting?
Later?
Thank you for your attention!